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J. I. LINER.

PROGRAM DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 5. 1918.

Patented Nov. 11, 1919.

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INVENTOR Patented Nov. 11, 1919.

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INVENTOR J. l. LINER.

PROGRAM DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT 5. 191a.

Patented Nov. 11, 1919.

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Q P P UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH I. LINER, OF CLOSTER, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO THE COSTIMETERCOMPANY, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, A CORPORATION OF MICHIGAN.

PROGRAM DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 11, 1919.

Application filed September 5, 1918. Serial No. 252,753.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J osnrrr I. LINER, formerly a subject of the Emperorof Austria- Hungary, having declared my intention of becoming a U. S.citizen, and residing at Closter, in the county of Bergen and State ofNew Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in ProgramDevices, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to program devices, for controlling the operationof recording machines such, for example, as those commonly termedcostimeters. The object of my invention is to provide an improvedorganization of parts in a machine of this character by means of which acostimeteror the like can be made to measure and record time and costsaccordin to difierent scalesof wages or rates of rec toning. A furtherobject is to provide an improved construc tion according to which acostimeter may be operated under one scale for a certain period of timeand then automatically controlled to operate under another scale duringanother period. Heretofore at the end ofa shift or of a days work, or atthe end of a working period which is to be followed by another period inwhich the wage scale is different, it has been customary to stop theclock for a short time to permit suitable arrangements to be made forthe period to follow. Under these conditions, the time recorded on thecard of a workman who continues to work from one period into another,does not tally with the actual time which said workman has put in sothat it has been necessary for the bookkeeper to make special entries tocover up the discrepancies. With a view to overcoming these objectionsthe present invention 0011- templates suitable and efficient means forautomatically arresting the operation of the costimeter or other timerecording instruments during certain predetermined periods referred toabove, said means being adapted to automatically make up the deficiencyby correspondingly advancing the costimeters or other time recordinginstruments to balance the reckoning. Other and further objects willappear t e specification a d claims,

In the drawings,

Figure 1 is a front elevation of my improved program device;

Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the same;

Fig. 3 is a top plan of the same;

Fig. 4 is a wiring diagram;

Fig. 5 is a plan view of one form of controlling web or band;

Fig. 6 is a plan view of another form of saidweb or band;

Fig. 7 is a detail front elevation of the gear train for operating theday change.

According to the embodiment of my invention shown on the drawings, arelay magnet 1 receives its'energy from a source (not shown) under thecontrol of a master clock, said magnet operates upon an armature 2,carried by the lower arm 3 of a lever, which is pivoted at 4. on a fixedframe, the other arm of said lever having pivotally connected at 5 apawl 6, which operates a ratchet 7 keyed to a shaft 8, which isjournaled in the plate or frame 9. Also keyed to the shaft 8 is acontact operating wheel 10 which is provided with ratchet teeth 11, forperiodically en aging and operating a plurality of multiple unltscontacts, which are spaced circumferentially of the ratchet. Each ofthese contacts comprises a block 12 of insulating material carried bypin or stud 13, a shorter leaf 14 and a long leaf 15, secured to saidblock, and a pair of contact plateslG mounted on the shorter leaf andoverreaching the long leaf of sa1d Contact. As shown in Fig. 2, thelower contact is 111 position in which the long leaf hangs upon one ofthe teeth 11, while the shorter leaf has dropped to make a contactbetween sa1d leaves. The mechanism is so tlmed as to make each operationof one of the multiple units contacts, cover a period of time wh chincludes one or more operations of the unlts contact 40, 41. A drum 17of conducting material, is also keyed to the shaft 8, and is providedwith radially pro ect1ng pins 18 which are adapted to engage in suitableholes '19, in a controlling web or band 20 or 21, such as shown in Figs.5 and 6. The band 20 is moved in the direction of the arrow, shown inFig, 2 by means of the drum 17 and Pa ses around a s k ep roll 22carried by an oscillatory arm 23 and a plurality of guide rolls 21,which are journaled at suitable points. The forward end of the shaft 8carries an hour hand 25 and a minute hand 26, to indicate time of day.As shown in Fig. 7, a gear 27, which is keyed to the shaft 8, mesheswith a pinion 28, which is solid with a gear 29, which in turn mesheswith a pinion 30, for driving a minute hand, the ratio being twelve toone. A gear 31, journaled on a pin meshes with the gear 27 and carries apin 33, Which, at every revolution of the gear 31, engages a tooth 31 ofa star wheel which is keyed to a shaft 35 for rotating a drum 36provided with peripheral contact segments 37 and 38. By means of thisconstruction, and by a proper arrangement of contacts on the drum 36,the operating circuits may be controlled in the manner to be hereinafterpointed out for producing difierent series of impulses to be transmittedto time recording mechanisms, such as costimeters.

Referring to Fig. 1, an insulating block 39 carried by armature lever 3,serves to mount a contact 40, which cooperates with a fixed contact 41.This contact is operated periodically to indicate units of time. Asshown in Fig. 1, the fixed contact 11 is connected by a wire 12 to thelong contact leaf 15, of each of the hereinbefore referred to contacts.The shorter leaf 14.- of each of said contacts is connected by a wire 13to a brush 44- which is adapted to slidably contact with the drum 17whenever permitted to do so. Another brush is connected by a wire 16with the terminal 47 of the program machine, said terminal beingconnected by a wire 18 to one pole of a battery 19, the other pole ofsaid battery being connected by a line wire 50 to a plurality ofcostimeter operating coils 51, which, in the present embodiment, areconnected abreast between the line wire 50 and another wire 52, whichleads to the other terminal 53 0f the program machine. A shorter leaflet of the lower contact is connected by a wire 5-1 to a brush 55,which, together with a second brush 56, contacts with the contact 38 ondrum 36. The brush 56 is connected by a wire 57 to a brush 58, which isalso adapted to bear on the drum 17 whenever it is uncovered. An upperbranch wire 50, which leads from the wire 54- is connected to a brush60, which co operates with another brush 61. The latter brush isconnected by a wire 62 with a brush 63, which is adapted to coperatewith the drum 17. Then desired, another brush 64 may be employed to runon the drum 17, this brush being connected by a wire 65, to an audiblesignal 66, which is connected by a wire 67, to one pole of the battery19. By reference to Figs. 5 and 6, it will be seen that the bands orwebs 20 and 21 are provided with a series of holes or openings 68,

69, 70, 71 and 72. That shown in Fig. 5 is provided with an additionalopening 73.

The operation of my improved program device will now be readilyunderstood and, briefly described, is as follows:

At each energization of the magnet 1, the pawl 6 advances ratchet 7, onetooth, the consequent movement of the shaft 8 drlves the ratchet wheel10 in counter-clockwise direction, so that the contacts shown in theupper right hand corner of Fig 2 are successively operated. lVhile thisoperation goes on, the brushes 15, 44:, 58 and 63 are in contact withsaid drum whenever the band or web 20, for example, permits them to be.According to Fig, 4, the brushes 11 and are in contact with the drum,the brush 1-1- being in register with an elongated opening in the web.Under these conditions, at the next operation of the upper contact whenthe leaves 1 1 and 15 are closed, the instantaneous closing of contacts410 and 41 sends an impulse from battery 19 through wire 50, coils 51,wire 52, terminal 53, contacts 10, A1, wire 42, upper contact 14:, 15,wire 43, brush e1, drum 17 brush 45, wire 16, ter minal 5L7, wire 18 tobattery 49. This results in a certain predetermined step movementimparted to each of the costimeters 51. Should at the same time as thebrushes 4: 1 and 45 are in contact, openings appear which permit thebrush 58 to contact with said drum the lower contact of Fig. 2 would beclosed shortly after the upper one had been closed. Under theseconditions, in addition to the impulse just mentioned, an additionalimpulse would be sent to the costimeters over a similar circuit, so thatan additional movement would be imparted to each of the costimeters overand above that contemplated by the closing of the first or uppercontact. Such a web or band may, therefore, be employed when theoperation of the program device is to change its scale from time to timeand one-quarter or time and one-half as may be the case in overtimecharges. This arrangement is readily met by the arrangement of the slotsor openings in the band or web. As indicated in Fig. 5, an opening 73may be provided to cooperate with a contact (not shown) which, byestablishing a circuit similar to that already pointed out can be madeto cooperate with an additional contact arranged adjacent the gear wheel10, to produce an additional step to the movement for a relatively shortperiod for the purpose of making up a non-productive period, such asthat which ordinarily occurs between the ending of one ob and thecommencement of the next. According to Fig. 4 the drum 36 has been'moved by the gear train 27, 31 and 33 into a position in which thebrushes 60 and 61 are inactive, so that any slots which permit contactbetween the. brush 63, and the drum 17 Will be inefiective until suchtime as the brushes 60 and 61 come into sliding contact with the contact37 carried by the drum 364 By this meansthe scale of movement can bechanged from day to day or from time to time in the manner alreadyindicated.

I claimi 1. In a system for controlling the opera tion of time recordinginstruments, an energizing circuit including a contact device Whichis'periodically actuated to close said circuit, and a multiple periodcontact device in circuit With the first mentioned contact device, saidmultiple period contact device remaining open throughout a periodincluding one or more successive actuations of the first mentionedcontact device and closed throughout'a period including one or moreother successive actuations of the first mentioned contact device.

2. In a system for controlling the operation of time recordinginstruments, an energizing circuit including a contact device which isperiodically actuated to close said circuit, and a plurality of multipleperiod contact devices in circuit with the first mentioned contactdevice, each of said multiple period contact devices remaining openthroughout a period Which includes one or more successive actuations ofthe first men-- tioned contact device and closed throughout a periodincluding one or more other successive ac'tuations of the firstmentioned contact device.

3. In a system for controlling the opera tion of time recordinginstruments, an energizing circuit including a contact device Which isperiodically actuated to close said circuit, and a plurality of multipleperiod contact devices in circuit with the first mentioned contactdevice, each of said multiple period contact devices remaining openthroughout a period which includes one or more successive actuations ofthe first mentioned contact device and closed throughout a periodincluding one or more other successive actuations of the first mentionedcontact device, and a branch circuit including a contact device forclosing a circuit through the first mentioned contact deviceindependently of said multiple contact device.

al. In a system for controlling the operation of time recordinginstruments, an energizing circuit including a contact device actuatedat relatively short periods and a plurality of contact devices inparallel With each other and actuated at relatively longer periods, andmeans for actuating said longer period contacts independently of eachother.

5. In a system for controlling the operation of time recordinginstruments, an operating circuit for one or more of said instruments,said. operating circuit including a unit period contact, a multipleperiod contact, and means for actuating said contacts independently ofeach other each actuation of said m ultiple period contact serving toclose the circuit for a number of actuations of said unit periodcontact.

6. In a system for controlling the opera tion of time recordinginstruments, an'opcrating circuit for one or more of said instruments,said operating circuit including a unit period contact, a multipleperiod contact, and means for actuating said contacts independent ofeach other each actuation of said multiple period contact serving toclose the circuit for a number or actuations of said unit periodcontact, said system. being provided With means for opening and closingsaid circuit at another point for pcriods of time including one or moreperiods of the multiple period contact.

7. In a system for controlling the operation of time recordinginstruments, an en ergizing circuit including a contact device actuatedat relatively short periods and a plurality of contact devices inparallel with r each other and actuated at relatively lorr periods, andmeans for actuating said longer period contacts independently of eachother, said system being provided with means for selectivelycontrollingthe parallel branches of said energizing circuit whichinclude Paid multiple period contacts respectively.

8. Ina system of the character described, the combination With a timerecording instrument, of an energizing circuit therefor including ashort period contact, long period contacts in parallel With eachotherand respectively in series With said short period contact, a pluralityof brushes for selectively opening and closing said energizing circuitfor including one or more of said multiple period contacts, and meansfor operating said contacts and brushes.

9. In a system of the character described, the combination. With a timerecording instrument, of an energizing circuit therefor including ashort period contact, a plurality of long period contacts in parallelwith each other and respectively in series With said short periodcontact, a plurality of brushes for selectively opening and closing saidenergizing circuit for including one or more of said multiple periodcontacts, means for controlling the operation of said brushes singly andin groups, and means for operating said contacts.

10. In a system of the character described, the combination With a timerecording instrument, of an energizing circuit therefor including ashort period contact, a plurality of long period contacts in parallelWith each other and respectively in series with said short periodcontact, a plurality of brushes for selectively opening and closing saidenergizing circuit for including one or more of said multiple periodcontacts, means for operating said brushes in groups and means forchanging said groups to include different branches of the mainenergizing circuit.

11. In a system of the character described, the combination with a timerecording instrument, of an energizing circuit therefor including ashort period contact, a plurality of long period contacts in parallelwith each other and respectively in series with said short periodContact, a plurality of brushes for selectively opening and closing saidenergizing circuit for including one or more of said multiple periodcontacts, a branch circuit provided with a signal, and means forselectively connecting up said multiple period contacts and said signalin said main energizing circuit.

12. In a system of the character described, a periodically operatedcontact for indicating units of time, multiple time units contactsarranged in parallel with each other and each in series with said unitcontact, a rotary conducting drum, a web or band moving over said drumand provided with different series of perforations therein, brushesarranged to contact with said drum through said perforations, one ofsaid brushes being connected to each of said mul tiple contacts, aninstrument to be operated, and an energizing circuit for said instrumentprovided with branch circuits for including said multiple units contactsseparately in series with said unit contact and instrument to beoperated through said brushes.

13. In a system of the character described, a periodically operatedcontact for indicating units of time, multiple time units contactsarranged inparallel with each other and each in series with said unitcontact, a rotary conducting drum, a web or band movin g over said drumand provided with different series of perforations therein, brushesarranged to contact with said drum through said perforations, one ofsaid brushes being connected to each of said multiple contacts, aninstrument to be operated, an energizing circuit for said instrumentprovided with branch circuits for including said multiple units contactsseparately in series with said unit contact and instrument to beoperated through said brushes, and means for operating said multipleunits contacts in prede termined relations to each other.

14 In a system of the character described, a periodically operatedcontact for indicating units of time, multiple time units contactsarranged in parallel with each other and each in series with said unitcontact, a rotary conducting drum, a web or band moving over said drumand provided with different series of erforations therein, brushesarranged to contact with said drum through said perforations, one ofsaid brushes being connected to each of said multiple con tacts, aninstrument to be operated, an en ergizing circuit for said instrumentprovided with branch circuits for including said multiple units contactsseparately in series with said unit contact and instrument to beoperated through said brushes, and means for changing the energizingcircuit to connect and disconnect said brushes independently of said webor band.

15. In a system of the character described, a periodically operatedcontact for indicating units of time, multiple time units contactsarranged in parallel with each other and each in series with said unitcontact, a rotary conducting drum, a web or band moving over said drumand provided with different series of perforations therein, brushesarranged to contact with said drum through said perforations, one ofsaid brushes being connected to each of said multiple contacts, aninstrument to be operated, an energizing circuit for said instrumentprovided with branch circuits for including said multiple units contactsseparately in series with said unit contact and instrument to beoperated through said brushes, said means comprising a drum withcontacts and other brushes connected up between the first mentionedbrushes and said multiple units contacts.

JOS. I. LINER.

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